Happy Thanksgiving from your friends at Foulkeways. May your home be filled with laughter and happiness.

Here are some fun facts to share around the dinner table this Thanksgiving:

• The first Thanksgiving was celebrated over a three-day harvest festival in 1621 and included 50 Pilgrims and 90 Wampanoag Indians.
• The Thanksgiving menu included not only turkey but venison, duck, goose, oysters, lobster, eel, and fish were also likely served along with pumpkins and cranberries.
• Thanksgiving was proclaimed a national holiday on October 3, 1863, by Abraham Lincoln. Sarah Josepha Hale, author of “Mary Had A Little Lamb,” convinced Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a national holiday after writing letters to him for 17 years.
• Four towns in the United States are named “turkey” and can be found in Arizona, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Texas.
• The playing of football on Thanksgiving day began in 1876 with a game played between Yale and Princeton. NFL games started their tradition in 1920.
• The total average number of calories to be consumed per person on Thanksgiving is 4,500 calories.

Source: https://worldstrides.com/blog/2016/11/9-fun-facts-about-thanksgiving and https://bestlifeonline.com/thanksgiving-facts